E-bay purchase

[maggie01]

I am currently the highest bidder for an item on e-bay. Trouble is, I now feel the colour is not suitable and wish to cancel my bid. There is 20hrs still to go. I have e-mailed seller but obviously she is probably busy at the moment. What are my chances of getting out of this bid. I have bought lots of things in the past and have 100% feedback.

[Catso]

Are there other, previous bids? If so, just cancel your bid, and explain why. If the seller still sells the item, they won't be that bothered. (As a seller, I've never been, anyway)

If not, then it isn't such an easy decision. I usually let the bid stand, and then sell the item on. Up to you though, you could cancel if you wanted.

[maggie01]

Thanks! Yes there are two other bids so the seller would still sell the item all be it a couple of pounds less. Still waiting to hear from her. If I don't succeed in cancelling, then I will have to re-sell it.

[chazza]

So long as there are more than 12 hours to go you can retract a bid.
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/questions/ret ract-bid.html

Just select the option for "wrong bid amount" or something like that. I have done this a few times and it has always worked fine

[loukr]

Alot of the time I buy clothes that don't fit and I just resell them and have never failed to make a profit. I bought a pair of diesel jeans for �20 and sold them again for �50, and bought a jacket for �10 and sold that for �45. I always find aslong as your description is good and your listing is better and has more pictures etc than the last one, you're almost guaranteed to make profit. Lou x